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A New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c. and the track of la Pérouse in the Pacific Ocean

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Title: A New Chart of the World on Wright's or Mercator's Projection in which are Exhibited All the Parts Hitherto Explored or Discovered with the Tracks of the British Circumnavigators Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Cook, &c. and the track of la Pérouse in the Pacific Ocean
Contributor: Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, publisher
Whittle, James, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1808-03-01
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "A valuable map of the North-West Coast, showing the discoveries and tracks of La Perouse and Vancouver, 1793-95. It locates Drake's Harbour and Monterey in California, and the Columbia River is still called the Oregon." See 105:043 and 105:261 for this map as issued in 1794, 093:044 and 105:262 for an 1800 version. Minimum cartouche with compass rose on top. Published information moved to make room for reference to la Pérouse.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 263 3.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map : col. ; 73 x 92 cm. on sheet 77 x 96 cm.
Identifier: 105:263 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/894
Language: English
Time Period: 1808
Place: World
W 180°
W 180°/N 85°
S 80°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: 105:043 ; 105:044 ; 105:261 ; 105:262
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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